“President Obama certainly has an impressive gift for eloquence, and he has a global vision, as did my father. He doesn't rattle easy, and he doesn't harbor animosity, which were also characteristics my father had. But my father's arena was far broader than politics.”

American human rights activist and philanthropist

Martin Luther King III is an American human rights activist and philanthropist. Born in 1957, he is the second child and eldest son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. He served as the fourth president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from 1997 to 2004. As of 2024, he is a professor of practice at the University of Virginia. His public work reflects a continuing focus on civil rights, human dignity, and social justice.